Under the Same Stars (Motéma, 2025) is the second installment of Mongolian-born and Germany-based pianist-composer Shuteen Erdenebaatar’s planned trilogy drawing…
Go ahead and try this - Ask your friends who the most prominent female jazz vocalists have been in the…
With Alloy (Greenleaf, 2025), trumpeter, composer, and forward thinker Dave Douglas unveils his latest unique ensemble. Joined by two young…
There are no written rules for NEA Jazz Masters. Clearly, they have earned the right to undertake their long-dreamed-of projects.…
Despite its jagged start, listen to Cantica Profana - The Béla Bartók Field Recordings (Sunnyside, 2025) its whole way through…
Fresh off their appearance at the Big Ears Festival, which this author unfortunately missed, the trio Fieldwork return with their…
Caelan Cardello is breaking out. As part of vocalist Tyreek McDole's backing quartet at this summer’s Newport Jazz Festival, the…
Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music, 2025) is alto saxophonist-composer Miguel Zenón’s first live album with his…
Strap yourself in for an exhilarating ride. Trombonist and composer Jacob Carchik’s Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time…
The comparison of a familiar hell to a strange heaven drives Australian-born bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh’s thinking…